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Cybercriminals are 'already taking advantage' of the COVID-19 crisis
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:44:02 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cyber-criminals-are-already-taking-advantage-covid-19-crisis By Kat Jercich Healthcare IT News May 07, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated an increase in information collection and sharing among providers, patients, hospitals, vendors and other organizations. In turn, that has heralded an uptick in "malicious cyber campaigns" that attack healthcare facilities, according to U.S. and U.K. law enforcement agencies.
But security concerns in the industry are nothing new - and the coronavirus crisis will likely exacerbate existing issues.
According to the BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report released last week, phishing was the most common cause of data breaches among incidents that the data privacy and cybersecurity law firm had managed in 2019. Nearly one-quarter of those incidents occurred in the healthcare industry, including biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
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